Aarya Dath is a Brisbane-based vocalist, composer and sound designer. He has received several years of choral and vocal training under Alison Rogers. Since 2022, Aarya has been studying a Bachelor of Music (Honours) and Bachelor of Mathematics at the University of Queensland (UQ), majoring in voice and composition. At UQ, he has had the privilege to study voice with Gregory Massingham and Dr Shaun Brown and composition with Dr Robert Davidson.

Aarya was a finalist in the 2024 Ethel Osborne Prize and the 2023 Nickson Prize with Saxon Mills-Booth. He has played several roles for UQ and other Brisbane performances, including Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte (2022, UQ under Dane Lam and Shaun Brown), Caramello in Eine Nacht in Venedig (2023, UQ under Shaun Brown), and the tenor soloist in Haydn’s Paukenmesse (2024, ChoirWorks under Debra Shearer-Dirie) and Schubert’s Mass in G Major (2024, Amadeus Orchestra under Neil Flottmann).